Govt replaces deputy police chief targeted by whistleblower

09/11/2012

Izzo stepped down after anonymous corruption allegations

Rome, November 9 - The Italian government on Friday
appointed Alessandro Marangoni as replacement deputy chief of
the police force.
His appointment follows the resignation of Nicola Izzo, who
is at the centre of allegations of corruption regarding interior
ministry's contracts contained in a letter by an anonymous
'whistleblower'.
Marangoni, 61, has served in the police force for 40 years,
serving as police commissioner of his native Gorizia, as well as
Padua, Palermo and Milan.
In summer 2012 he moved to the interior ministry to head
the human resources department after being made a general
director.
Meanwhile, Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation
into who wrote the letter to Interior Minister Anna Maria
Cancellieri containing the allegations.
They have also established contact with their colleagues in
Naples, who are investigating a case of alleged irregularities
in a contract for the building of an electronic security system
for the ministry.
photo: Alessandro Marangoni.